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Oscar Weil papers, 1921-1943.
BANC MSS 2010/911 box 1; BANC MSS 2010/911 oversize box 1; BANC MSS 2010/911
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Title:
Oscar Weil papers, 1921-1943Creator/Contributor:
Weil, Oscar, 1840-1921, creator, creator.Creator/Contributor:
Western Jewish History Center, 284.Creator/Contributor:
Judah L. Magnes Museum, WJHC 1982.008.Creator/Contributor:
Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and LifeAbstract:
The collection contains handwritten scores, music, and librettos composed by Weil; correspondence about the Oscar Weil Scholarship
Fund, established in 1921; letters about Weil from Albert I. Elkus, Harold Bauer, Efrem Zimbalist, Josef Lhevinne, and others;
and Weil's broken cane.
Date:
1921 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caWeil, Oscar -- 1840-1921 -- Archives
Bauer, Harold -- 1873-1951 -- Correspondence
Elkus, Albert I. (Albert Israel) -- 1884-1962 -- Correspondence
Lhévinne, Josef -- 1874-1944 -- Correspondence
Oscar Weil Scholarship Fund.
Jews -- California -- San Francisco
Note:
Formerly: Western Jewish History Center Collection Number 284.
Formerly: Judah L. Magnes Museum Collection Number WJHC 1982.008.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
Oscar Weil papers, BANC MSS 2010/911, The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, The Bancroft Library, University of California,
Berkeley.
Transfer; Judah L. Magnes Museum; 2010.
Oscar Weil was a music teacher and a critic for the "Argonaut" of San Francisco, in addition to being a composer of light
opera, lieder, choral, and other works.
Materials in English.
Type:
Correspondence.Librettos.
Scores.
Physical Description:
0.8 (1 1
Language:
English
Identifier:
2005579778
BANC MSS 2010/911 box 1
BANC MSS 2010/911 oversize box 1
BANC MSS 2010/911
Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright Note:
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.